"Science has taught us that what we see and touch is not what is really there."

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Source : Hans Christian Von Baeyer (2004). “Information: The New Language of Science”, p.37, Harvard University Press

Hans Christian von Baeyer

“I have wondered sometimes if there are not perhaps some disadvantages in having really blue blood in one's veins, like grandmamma and me.”

Source : Elinor Glyn (1902). “The seventh commandment”
“Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be in full mourning, dress in nothing but black, for a whole year. Then you went into something they called 'half mourning' for another full year, adn during those two years, you were pretty much expected to have emotional breakdowns, you could do it whenever you felt you needed to, and everybody would support you. Now?, A month after a tragedy, maybe two, and you're expected to be all better-or down pills so you can pretend you are.”
“I have a really dark, rich, thick sense of humor.”
“Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.”
“It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.”
“Just take the music, the goodness, because it's the very best, and it's the part I give most willingly.”
“Sometimes we need to take big risks if we want to find out who we are, and what we were put on this planet for.”

Source : FaceBook post by Meg Cabot from Mar 20, 2013
“When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress.”

Source : Gelett Burgess (1937). “Look Eleven Years Younger”

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